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Roses from cuttings
I have taken rose cuttings (climbing) from our previous house and grown them on in pots 10cm wide. They are doing well, about 40cm tall bit still spindly and largely single stem. When is the right time to prune these plants from from cuttings? Should I pot on and leave to establish more or start to prune, and if so, how? Many thanks.
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I still haven’t pruned my cuttings (this is year 3) other than removing spent flowers, but mine are only this big:
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
If this last pruning season then it is unlikely they will be rooted yet.
Roses will put out new growth from the sugars retained within the canes, which then gives the impression they have struck well, but without roots they will eventually fail.
I put pots of cuttings behind the shed, keep them wet through the summer and check them for roots in autumn.
I would do nothing now, just leave them alone until later in the year.
From your photo, it looks like there is a lot of the old foliage still left on them, but with new shoots lower down.
I think I would cut them just above the 2nd new shoot to remove the old growth.
Also the pots look quite small and with not much soil.
They are ready for planting then, the small pots will be constraining them by now.